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Power and Humility -- we don’t normally see these two go
hand-in hand. We all know people with extraordinary power, but not a
lot of humility. And we know some who are
humble, but don’t have a lot of power. I know that my inclination is
that when I have power, I am tempted to leverage it. I want to use
it to get my way. The more power a person gets, the harder it is to
be humble.
That is one reason Easter is so extraordinary. It brings together
two powerful, yet seemingly opposites forces. We all know Jesus had
extraordinary power, and could have done anything with it. Yet His
extraordinary humility led him to set aside his power and go to the
cross for us.
Paul, in Philippians 2:5-8 said “Your attitude should be the same as
that of Christ Jesus; Who, being in very nature God, did not
consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself
nothing, taking the very nature of a servant…..He humbled himself
and became obedient to death…”
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What would happen in my home, or in my church if we coupled our
influence (power) with humility? What would happen if we did nothing
“out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility considered
others better than ourselves”? (Phil. 2:3)
When these two are brought together, they may be the most powerful
force of all.
[Mark Weber, Mt. Pulaski Christian Church] |
